LINGUIST List 14.2506

Mon Sep 22 2003

Calls: Cognitive Ling/Germany; General Ling/CA USA

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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
Compositionality, Concepts and Cognition
An Interdisciplinary Conference in Cognitive Science
Duesseldorf, Germany
February 28 to March 3, 2004
http://www.phil.uni-duesseldorf.de/thphil/compositionality
CONFERENCE AIM
The conference on compositionality is to take place at Heinrich Heine
University Dsseldorf, Germany, from February 28 to March 3, 2004.
Compositionality is a key feature of structured representational
systems, be they linguistic, mental or neuronal. A system of
representations is called compositional just in case the semantic
values of complex representations are determined by the semantic
values of their parts.
The conference brings together internationally renowned scholars from
various disciplines of the cognitive sciences, including philosophers,
psychologists, linguists, computer scientists and neuro
scientists. The speakers will address the issue of compositionality
from very different perspectives. It is the aim of the conference to
further the exchange of views on compositionality across the
disciplines and to explore the implications and condition of
compositionality as a property of representational systems in the
study of language, mind and brain.
INVITED SPEAKERS
The list of invited plenary speakers includes Johannes Brandl, Henry
Brighton, Daniel Cohnitz, Andreas K. Engel, Lila Gleitman, Terry
Horgan, Theo Janssen, Hannes Leitgeb, Sebastian Lbner, Edouard
Machery, Alexander Maye, Brian McLaughlin, C. Ulises Moulines, Jeff
Pelletier, Martina Penke, Jesse Prinz, Gabriel Sandu, Richard Schantz,
Oliver Scholz, Ricarda Schubotz, Gerhard Schurz, Markus Werning, Gert
Westermann, Edward Wisniewski, and Dieter Wunderlich.
ORGANIZATION
The conference is the result of a co-operation between the Institut
Jean Nicod, the University Paris-Sorbonne, the Ecole Normale
Superieure in France and Heinrich Heine University Dsseldorf in
Germany.
Its is organized by
- Markus Werning, Department of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University
and Center for Language, Logic, and Information, Dsseldorf;
- Edouard Machery, Department of Philosophy, Sorbonne, Paris, and
Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin;
- Gerhard Schurz, Department of Philosophy, Heinrich Heine University,
Dsseldorf.
SCIENTIFIC BOARD
- Daniel Andler, Department of Philosophiy, Sorbonne, Paris, and
Department of Cognitive Studies, ENS-Ulm, Paris;
- Peter Carruthers, Department of Philosophy, University of Maryland;
- James Hampton, Department of Psychology, City University London;
- Douglas Medin, Department of Psychology, Northwestern University,
Evanston;
- Jesse Prinz, Department of Philosophy, University of North Carolina,
Chapel-Hill;
- Francois Recanati, Institut Jean-Nicod, Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Paris;
- Phil Schlenker, Department of Linguistics, University of California,
Los Angeles, and Institut Jean-Nicod, Centre National de la Recherche
Scientifique, Paris;
- Dag Westerstahl, Department of Philosophy, University of Gotenborg.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
The programme committee invites researchers in the cognitive sciences
(philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, computer science, linguistics,
etc.) to present their work on compositionality at the conference. The
deadline for paper submission is December 10, 2003.
Only a limited number of oral and poster presentations can be
accepted. Papers should fit into the overall programme of the
conference and should be accessible to an interdisciplinary
audience. Oral presentations are 20 minutes plus 10 minutes
discussion.
To submit a paper, please send in an extended abstract of about 1500
words using the online submission form on the conference homepage:
http://www.phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de/thphil/compositionality
In exceptional cases, hardcopy submission is also possible at:
CoCoCo2004
c/o Markus Werning
Chair of Theoretical Philosophy
Heinrich-Heine-University Dsseldorf
Universittsstr. 1
D-40225 Dsseldorf, Germany
All submitted abstracts will be reviewed. The corresponding author
will be notified about acceptance by January 15, 2004. Submissions
must be received by December 10, 2003. The presenting author(s) must
register for the conference after notification of acceptance.
SPONSOR
The conference is sponsored by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation.
CONTACT
Please address any questions to cococo2004phil.uni-duesseldorf.de

4th Biennial International Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese
Short Title: ICPLJ
Date: 03-APR-04 - 04-APR-04
Location: San Francisco, United States of America
Contact: Mashaiko Minami
Contact Email: icpljsfsu.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.sfsu.edu/~japanese/conference/
Linguistic Sub-field: General Linguistics
Subject Language: Japanese
Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2003
Meeting Description:
ICPLJ is intended to bring together researchers on the cutting edge of
Japanese linguistics and to offer a forum in which their research
results can be presented in a form that is useful to those desiring
practical applications in the fields of teaching J apanese as a
second/foreign language and computer-assisted language learning (CALL)
technology.
All topics in linguistics will be fully considered, including:
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, pragmatics
(discourse analysis), second language acquisition (bilingualism).
Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished
research. Second Call for Papers The Fourth Biennial International
Conference on Practical Linguistics of Japanese (ICPLJ) Call for
Papers
April 3 & 4, 2004
San Francisco State University
Keynote Speaker: Timothy J. Vance, University of Arizona
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Aims and Scope
ICPLJ is intended to bring together researchers on the cutting
edge of Japanese linguistics and to offer a forum in which their
research results can be presented in a form that is useful to those
desiring practical applications in the fields of teaching Japanese as
a second/foreign language and computer-assisted language learning
(CALL) technology.
All topics in linguistics will be fully considered, including:
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, lexicon, pragmatics
(discourse analysis), second language acquisition (bilingualism).
Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished
research.
Publication
A book of selected papers presented at the conference will be
published. The publication of the papers enables the ideas from the
conference to reach an even larger audience around the world, further
benefiting countless researchers, teachers, and their students.
Conference Language
The length of each presentation will be thirty minutes (20 minutes for
exposition, 10 minutes for questions). Presentations may be in either
English or Japanese.
Submission Guidelines
All submissions should be mailed and postmarked by November 1, 2003.
(We regret that we cannot accept submissions by fax or e-mail.)
Three copies of a clearly titled one-page summary, on which
the author is not identified (on A4 or letter-size paper, in 12 point
type, with at least 1.25 inch [approximately 3 cm] margins on all
sides). This summary will be used for review, as well as for
inclusion in the conference program book if your abstract is accepted.
Examples, figures, tables, and references may be given on a second
page. Please note the following: (1) All conference papers will be
selected on the basis of summaries submitted. (2) Any information
that may reveal your identity should not be included in the summary.
(3) Summaries will be accepted in Japanese or English. (4) If the
language in which you would like to give your presentation differs
from the language of your written summary, please let us know. (5) No
changes in the title or the authors' names will be possible after
acceptance. (6) You may be requested to send in a copy of your
summary (in MS-Word format) on a PC or MAC form!
For each author, please attach one copy of the information
form printed at the bottom of this sheet
Deadline
All submissions must be received by November 1, 2003. (Please do not
send summaries by e-mail or fax. Information regarding the previous
conferences may be accessed at):
http://www.sfsu.edu/~japanese/conference/
Send submissions to:
Dr. Masahiko Minami, Conference Chair
Dr. Makiko Asano, Conference Co-Chair
Fourth Biennial International Conference on Practical Linguistics of
Japanese (ICPLJ)
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
Telephone: (415) 338-7451
e-mail: icpljsfsu.edu
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Author Information Form (fill out one form completely for each author)
Paper Title:
Topic area:
Audiovisual requests:
(1st Author) Full name:
Affiliation:
Address:
E-mail:
Phone number:
FAX number (if available)
(2nd Author) Full name:
Affiliation:
Address:
E-mail:
Phone number:
FAX number (if available)
To accommodate as many papers as possible, we reserve the
right to limit each submitter to one paper in any authorship status.
If your paper is not one of those initially selected for oral
presentation, please indicate whether you would be willing to have it
considered as an alternate or for poster presentation:
_____ Yes, consider me as an alternate if necessary.
_____ Yes, consider me for poster presentation if necessary.
_____ No, please do not consider me either as an alternate or
for poster presentation.